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New York by Sunlight and Gaslight choose

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[US] J.D. McCabe N.Y. xxxiv, 509: Gilt-dubber, a hotel thief [F&H].
at gilt-dubber (n.) under gilt, n.2
[US] in J.D. McCabe N.Y. xxxiv 510: (in list of slang terms).
at Madge Howlet, n.
[US] in J.D. McCabe N.Y. xxxiv 510: (in list of slang terms).
at Madge Howlet, n.
[US] J.D. McCabe N.Y. 383: Give them the locusts, men [DA].
at locust, n.1
[US] J.D. McCabe N.Y. 160: He runs seventy ’busses on this line, and scoops in three ’r four hundred a day [F&H].
at scoop in (v.) under scoop, v.
[US] J.D. McCabe N.Y. 161: If I had his stamps I wouldn’t hang around nights to catch a five-cent fare [DA].
at stamps, n.2
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